title: Introductory pictorial atlas of 3D tomosynthesis.
abstract: Mammography is an essential tool for early detection of breast cancer. Breast imaging based on three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is a new method for breast cancer screening and diagnosis that uses three-dimensional digital images to allow separation of overlapping breast structures, which may allow for improved visualization of potentially significant findings. This article will highlight the utility of DBT as a tool for the detection of breast pathology; it will demonstrate normal findings as well as breast pathology on DBT and two-dimensional conventional mammography. DBT is a very promising modality, which may decrease the false-positive rate of mammography and find additional abnormalities not seen on two-dimensional mammography.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Dubin Breast Center, 1 Gustave L Levy Pl, Box 1234, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: stuart.cohen@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Stuart L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Laurie R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Margolies
authors.forename: Janet R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: Neesha S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hermann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001271:Atlases as Topic; D001706:Biopsy; D001940:Breast / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006177:Gynecomastia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values
keywords: 3D tomosynthesis; Digital breast tomosynthesis; Mammography